In the illusive Utopia, all human beings are created equal, but due to the complexity of human re... more In the illusive Utopia, all human beings are created equal, but due to the complexity of human relationships and human behaviour, society is often stratified across race, caste, gender, and income. These strata are encoded in unwritten or written societal laws and remain deeply ingrained within individuals inhabiting these societies. These codes have to be adhered to diligently, as diversification of these socially constructed rules and roles is met with dire consequences from the custodians of the traditions of that society. Buchi Emecheta was a Nigerian writer from Umuezeokolo Odeanta village, Ibuza which is also known as Igbo–Uzo in Delta State, Nigeria. Emecheta wrote about various contemporary and archaic issues such as slavery, and the patriarchal traditions of the Igbos, however, a recurring motif of hers was the role of women in traditional Igbo society. She also wrote about the disparate relationship between men and women, and the lone female rebel who seeks to pave her path in an unsympathetic world
In the illusive Utopia, all human beings are created equal, but due to the complexity of human
re... more In the illusive Utopia, all human beings are created equal, but due to the complexity of human relationships and human behaviour, society is often stratified across race, caste, gender, and income. These strata are encoded in unwritten or written societal laws and remain deeply ingrained within individuals inhabiting these societies. These codes have to be adhered to diligently, as diversification of these socially constructed rules and roles is met with dire consequences from the custodians of the traditions of that society. Buchi Emecheta was a Nigerian writer from Umuezeokolo Odeanta village, Ibuza which is also known as Igbo–Uzo in Delta State, Nigeria. Emecheta wrote about various contemporary and archaic issues such as slavery, and the patriarchal traditions of the Igbos, however, a recurring motif of hers was the role of women in traditional Igbo society. She also wrote about the disparate relationship between men and women, and the lone female rebel who seeks to pave her path in an unsympathetic world
This paper analyzes the role of literature in creating cathartic relief for the writer and delves... more This paper analyzes the role of literature in creating cathartic relief for the writer and delves into definitions of catharsis by Aristotle, Eoghan Ó Tuairisc, Richard Kearney, Ivan Smith, and Stanley A. Leavy. Catharsis by definition, means the purification of emotions, through purgation. Catharsis ennobles expressive outlets for the manifestation of repressed emotions. This was also a belief of Sigmund Freud, who used hypnosis (also a form of catharsis) to ameliorate symptoms of mental degradation and neuroses, Freud also observed artistic neurotics used art as a vehicle for expressing repressed emotions. The research also analyzes psychoanalysis literary criticism and its role in literature while delineating the analyses of literary critics in their critique of Paul Laurence Dunbar and Maya Angelou. The critics examined include Jean Wagner, Reynolds J. Scott-Childress, Yasmin De Gout, and Lyman Hagen. Several poems from both Dunbar and Angelou were also assessed and various emotions such as trauma, depersonalization, dissociation, and despair were exemplified by this writer in the course of the research. This research also examined the artistic style, the various literary devices, and techniques as well.
Racism in Richard Wright's Black Boy Black Boy (1945) by Richard Wright is an autobiography of Wr... more Racism in Richard Wright's Black Boy Black Boy (1945) by Richard Wright is an autobiography of Wright, an African American Writer who grew up in Mississippi, United State. The memoir, set in 1925, details the life of Wright from the age of four till his early twenties. The book also depicts his family's poverty, his father's desertion of his mother, and the impact of this on the family, the autobiography also portrays Wright coming of age as a fatherless child while getting his informal education on the streets, his stint at the orphanage, subsequent relocations from Mississippi, Memphis, and Arkansas. The book likewise illustrates the lingering tensions between blacks and whites in the Southern part of the United States of America, the subjugation of the blacks by whites, the psychological impact of racism, and the coping mechanisms African-Americans used to deal with dehumanization. Synopsis Black Boy is an honest depiction of the travails of an African-American child in South America, it is an inscription of multilayered themes, racism; dehumanization; devocalization; desertion; fatherlessness; hopelessness; dislocation; trauma, and adaptation. We meet Richard as a child of four, spunky and hardheaded, he sets his family house on fire, and the family survives the fire but he is traumatized by his action and its consequence. The family relocates from the dreamy "waters of Mississippi Rivers from the verdant bluff of Natchez (7)", to Memphis. In Memphis, they move into a one-story brick tenement that looked "bleak and hostile (8)", and due to the close quarters they occupy, the writer associates with his emotionally distant father for the first time.
As society veers towards inclusivity and gender equality, the issues of gender objectification a... more As society veers towards inclusivity and gender equality, the issues of gender objectification and commodification still remain prevalent issues. Age-old taboos and dogma persist and these have become intertwined with contemporary culture. Buchi Emecheta, in the early seventies, was one of the few female voices in the Nigerian literary wilderness who used her craft to address the docile role of women as imposed by tradition, as well as the devocalization, domestication, and dehumanization of women. She also wrote about the ostracization of vulnerable members of society. This paper highlights the objectification of women and societal silent consent of this process, and Emecheta’s criticism of these communal patterns is envisioned throughout her works.
The writer's Sinners in the Hand of An Angry God analyzes the fiery sermon by the Rev. Jonathan ... more The writer's Sinners in the Hand of An Angry God analyzes the fiery sermon by the Rev. Jonathan Edwards. The sermon portrays God as a vindicative and tempestuous deity who decided the fate of men and portrays men as flawed beings, riddled with sin whose only respite was the mercy of God
The Heart of Darkness is a multi-faceted novella full of themes and sub-themes, the novella is al... more The Heart of Darkness is a multi-faceted novella full of themes and sub-themes, the novella is also a psychoanalytical one. It addresses the darkness within and advocates that only humanism can illuminate it. Marlow, the protagonist, is an idealist, who embarks on a journey he deems virtuous, however, he becomes disillusioned by the inhumanity of man. This treatise covers humanism, perverted humanism, and idealistic humanism as well as idealism, all of which are depicted in the novella and through the characters of Marlow, Kurtz, the Accountant, and the Russian. The theoretical framework used in the delineation of the novella is that of New Historical Criticism, and the treatise will seek to depict the benefits of humanism as well as portray the psychoanalytical ascent and descent of man
This review is an analysis of the effect of Race and Racism in 1920s America. It is also analysis... more This review is an analysis of the effect of Race and Racism in 1920s America. It is also analysis the issues of racism on fatherlessness, subjugation, and subtle Anti- Semitism.
In the illusive Utopia, all human beings are created equal, but due to the complexity of human re... more In the illusive Utopia, all human beings are created equal, but due to the complexity of human relationships and human behaviour, society is often stratified across race, caste, gender, and income. These strata are encoded in unwritten or written societal laws and remain deeply ingrained within individuals inhabiting these societies. These codes have to be adhered to diligently, as diversification of these socially constructed rules and roles is met with dire consequences from the custodians of the traditions of that society. Buchi Emecheta was a Nigerian writer from Umuezeokolo Odeanta village, Ibuza which is also known as Igbo–Uzo in Delta State, Nigeria. Emecheta wrote about various contemporary and archaic issues such as slavery, and the patriarchal traditions of the Igbos, however, a recurring motif of hers was the role of women in traditional Igbo society. She also wrote about the disparate relationship between men and women, and the lone female rebel who seeks to pave her path in an unsympathetic world
In the illusive Utopia, all human beings are created equal, but due to the complexity of human
re... more In the illusive Utopia, all human beings are created equal, but due to the complexity of human relationships and human behaviour, society is often stratified across race, caste, gender, and income. These strata are encoded in unwritten or written societal laws and remain deeply ingrained within individuals inhabiting these societies. These codes have to be adhered to diligently, as diversification of these socially constructed rules and roles is met with dire consequences from the custodians of the traditions of that society. Buchi Emecheta was a Nigerian writer from Umuezeokolo Odeanta village, Ibuza which is also known as Igbo–Uzo in Delta State, Nigeria. Emecheta wrote about various contemporary and archaic issues such as slavery, and the patriarchal traditions of the Igbos, however, a recurring motif of hers was the role of women in traditional Igbo society. She also wrote about the disparate relationship between men and women, and the lone female rebel who seeks to pave her path in an unsympathetic world
This paper analyzes the role of literature in creating cathartic relief for the writer and delves... more This paper analyzes the role of literature in creating cathartic relief for the writer and delves into definitions of catharsis by Aristotle, Eoghan Ó Tuairisc, Richard Kearney, Ivan Smith, and Stanley A. Leavy. Catharsis by definition, means the purification of emotions, through purgation. Catharsis ennobles expressive outlets for the manifestation of repressed emotions. This was also a belief of Sigmund Freud, who used hypnosis (also a form of catharsis) to ameliorate symptoms of mental degradation and neuroses, Freud also observed artistic neurotics used art as a vehicle for expressing repressed emotions. The research also analyzes psychoanalysis literary criticism and its role in literature while delineating the analyses of literary critics in their critique of Paul Laurence Dunbar and Maya Angelou. The critics examined include Jean Wagner, Reynolds J. Scott-Childress, Yasmin De Gout, and Lyman Hagen. Several poems from both Dunbar and Angelou were also assessed and various emotions such as trauma, depersonalization, dissociation, and despair were exemplified by this writer in the course of the research. This research also examined the artistic style, the various literary devices, and techniques as well.
Racism in Richard Wright's Black Boy Black Boy (1945) by Richard Wright is an autobiography of Wr... more Racism in Richard Wright's Black Boy Black Boy (1945) by Richard Wright is an autobiography of Wright, an African American Writer who grew up in Mississippi, United State. The memoir, set in 1925, details the life of Wright from the age of four till his early twenties. The book also depicts his family's poverty, his father's desertion of his mother, and the impact of this on the family, the autobiography also portrays Wright coming of age as a fatherless child while getting his informal education on the streets, his stint at the orphanage, subsequent relocations from Mississippi, Memphis, and Arkansas. The book likewise illustrates the lingering tensions between blacks and whites in the Southern part of the United States of America, the subjugation of the blacks by whites, the psychological impact of racism, and the coping mechanisms African-Americans used to deal with dehumanization. Synopsis Black Boy is an honest depiction of the travails of an African-American child in South America, it is an inscription of multilayered themes, racism; dehumanization; devocalization; desertion; fatherlessness; hopelessness; dislocation; trauma, and adaptation. We meet Richard as a child of four, spunky and hardheaded, he sets his family house on fire, and the family survives the fire but he is traumatized by his action and its consequence. The family relocates from the dreamy "waters of Mississippi Rivers from the verdant bluff of Natchez (7)", to Memphis. In Memphis, they move into a one-story brick tenement that looked "bleak and hostile (8)", and due to the close quarters they occupy, the writer associates with his emotionally distant father for the first time.
As society veers towards inclusivity and gender equality, the issues of gender objectification a... more As society veers towards inclusivity and gender equality, the issues of gender objectification and commodification still remain prevalent issues. Age-old taboos and dogma persist and these have become intertwined with contemporary culture. Buchi Emecheta, in the early seventies, was one of the few female voices in the Nigerian literary wilderness who used her craft to address the docile role of women as imposed by tradition, as well as the devocalization, domestication, and dehumanization of women. She also wrote about the ostracization of vulnerable members of society. This paper highlights the objectification of women and societal silent consent of this process, and Emecheta’s criticism of these communal patterns is envisioned throughout her works.
The writer's Sinners in the Hand of An Angry God analyzes the fiery sermon by the Rev. Jonathan ... more The writer's Sinners in the Hand of An Angry God analyzes the fiery sermon by the Rev. Jonathan Edwards. The sermon portrays God as a vindicative and tempestuous deity who decided the fate of men and portrays men as flawed beings, riddled with sin whose only respite was the mercy of God
The Heart of Darkness is a multi-faceted novella full of themes and sub-themes, the novella is al... more The Heart of Darkness is a multi-faceted novella full of themes and sub-themes, the novella is also a psychoanalytical one. It addresses the darkness within and advocates that only humanism can illuminate it. Marlow, the protagonist, is an idealist, who embarks on a journey he deems virtuous, however, he becomes disillusioned by the inhumanity of man. This treatise covers humanism, perverted humanism, and idealistic humanism as well as idealism, all of which are depicted in the novella and through the characters of Marlow, Kurtz, the Accountant, and the Russian. The theoretical framework used in the delineation of the novella is that of New Historical Criticism, and the treatise will seek to depict the benefits of humanism as well as portray the psychoanalytical ascent and descent of man
This review is an analysis of the effect of Race and Racism in 1920s America. It is also analysis... more This review is an analysis of the effect of Race and Racism in 1920s America. It is also analysis the issues of racism on fatherlessness, subjugation, and subtle Anti- Semitism.
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within individuals inhabiting these societies. These codes have to be adhered to diligently, as diversification of these socially constructed rules and roles is met with dire consequences from the custodians of the traditions of that society. Buchi Emecheta was a Nigerian writer from Umuezeokolo Odeanta village, Ibuza which is also known as Igbo–Uzo in Delta State, Nigeria. Emecheta wrote about various contemporary and
archaic issues such as slavery, and the patriarchal traditions of the Igbos, however, a recurring motif of hers was the role of women in traditional Igbo society. She also wrote about the disparate relationship between men and women, and the lone female rebel who seeks to pave her path in an
unsympathetic world
relationships and human behaviour, society is often stratified across race, caste, gender, and
income. These strata are encoded in unwritten or written societal laws and remain deeply ingrained
within individuals inhabiting these societies. These codes have to be adhered to diligently, as
diversification of these socially constructed rules and roles is met with dire consequences from the custodians of the traditions of that society.
Buchi Emecheta was a Nigerian writer from Umuezeokolo Odeanta village, Ibuza which is also known as Igbo–Uzo in Delta State, Nigeria. Emecheta wrote about various contemporary and archaic issues such as slavery, and the patriarchal traditions of the Igbos, however, a recurring motif of hers was the role of women in traditional Igbo society. She also wrote about the disparate relationship between men and women, and the lone female rebel who seeks to pave her path in an unsympathetic world
within individuals inhabiting these societies. These codes have to be adhered to diligently, as diversification of these socially constructed rules and roles is met with dire consequences from the custodians of the traditions of that society. Buchi Emecheta was a Nigerian writer from Umuezeokolo Odeanta village, Ibuza which is also known as Igbo–Uzo in Delta State, Nigeria. Emecheta wrote about various contemporary and
archaic issues such as slavery, and the patriarchal traditions of the Igbos, however, a recurring motif of hers was the role of women in traditional Igbo society. She also wrote about the disparate relationship between men and women, and the lone female rebel who seeks to pave her path in an
unsympathetic world
relationships and human behaviour, society is often stratified across race, caste, gender, and
income. These strata are encoded in unwritten or written societal laws and remain deeply ingrained
within individuals inhabiting these societies. These codes have to be adhered to diligently, as
diversification of these socially constructed rules and roles is met with dire consequences from the custodians of the traditions of that society.
Buchi Emecheta was a Nigerian writer from Umuezeokolo Odeanta village, Ibuza which is also known as Igbo–Uzo in Delta State, Nigeria. Emecheta wrote about various contemporary and archaic issues such as slavery, and the patriarchal traditions of the Igbos, however, a recurring motif of hers was the role of women in traditional Igbo society. She also wrote about the disparate relationship between men and women, and the lone female rebel who seeks to pave her path in an unsympathetic world